Shavian
English Phonetic Alphabet
| tall consonants | deep consonants |
|---|---|
| ๐ peep /p/ |
๐ bib /b/ |
| ๐ tot /t/ |
๐ dead /d/ |
| ๐ kick /k/ |
๐ gag /g/ |
| ๐ fee /f/ |
๐ vow /v/ |
| ๐ thigh /ฮธ/ |
๐ they /รฐ/ |
| ๐ so /s/ |
๐ zoo /z/ |
| ๐ sure /ส/ |
๐ measure /ส/ |
| ๐ church /tส/ |
๐ก judge /dส/ |
| ๐ yea /j/ |
๐ข woe /w/ |
| ๐ hung /ล/ |
๐ฃ ha-ha /h/ |
| short consonants | |
| ๐ค loll /l/ |
๐ฎ roar /ษน/ |
| ๐ฅ mime /m/ |
๐ฏ nun /n/ |
| short vowels | |
| ๐ฆ if KIT/ |
๐ฐ eat FLEECE |
| ๐ง egg DRESS |
๐ฑ age FACE |
| ๐จ ash TRAP |
๐ฒ ice PRICE |
| ๐ฉ ado COMMA |
๐ณ up STRUT |
| ๐ช on LOT/ |
๐ด oak GOAT |
| ๐ซ wool FOOT |
๐ต ooze GOOSE |
| ๐ฌ out MOUTH |
๐ถ oil CHOICE |
| ๐ญ ah PALM |
๐ท awe THOUGHT |
| compound vowels | |
| ๐ธ are START |
๐น or NORTH/ |
| ๐บ air SQUARE |
๐ป err NURSE |
| ๐ผ array LETTER |
๐ฝ ear NEAR |
| ligatures | |
| ๐พ ian ๐ฆ๐ฉ |
๐ฟ yew ๐๐ต |
| word | letter |
|---|---|
| the | ๐ |
| of | ๐ |
| and | ๐ฏ |
| to | ๐ |
| (for) | ๐ |
| short | -/ษน/ | long | -/i/ | -/u/ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| /i/ | ๐ฆ if KIT/ |
๐ฝ ear NEAR |
๐ฐ | ๐ฐ eat FLEECE |
|
| /e/ | ๐ง egg DRESS |
๐บ air SQUARE |
๐ฑ age FACE |
||
| /a/ | ๐จ ash TRAP |
๐ธ are START |
๐ญ ah PALM |
๐ฒ ice PRICE |
๐ฌ out MOUTH |
| /o/ | ๐ช on LOT/ |
๐น or NORTH/ |
๐ท awe THOUGHT |
๐ถ oil CHOICE |
๐ด oak GOAT |
| /u/ | ๐ซ wool FOOT |
๐ต | ๐ต ooze GOOSE |
||
| /ส/ | ๐ณ up STRUT |
๐ป err NURSE |
|||
| /ษ/ | ๐ฉ ado COMMA |
๐ผ array LETTER |
References
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Unicode Character Code Charts. unicode.org.
- โShavian.โ unicode.org.
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WG2 Document Registry, Unicodeยฎ Technical Committee Document Registry, unicode.org, unicode.org.
- John H. Jenkins. Proposal to add Shavian to Unicode/ISO-IEC 10646. 1997-05-21, L2/97-103, unicode.org.
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Michael Everson, John Jenkins. Revised proposal for encoding the Shavian script in the SMP of the UCS.
- 2001-06-03, N2362, L2/01-256, unicode.org, unicode.org.
- 2001-07-14, N2362R, L2/01-285, unicode.org, unicode.org.
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The Unicodeยฎ Standard: Version 16.0 โ Core Specification. 2024-09-10, unicode.org.
- โShavian.โ unicode.org.
- Shavian (Shaw) [Shaw]. ScriptSource, SIL International, scriptsource.org.
- Bernard Shaw. Androcles and the Lion. Shaw Alphabet Edition, Public Trusteeโs Edition, Penguin Books, 1962, archive.org.
- George Bernard Shaw. On Language. Edited by Abraham Tauber, Philosophical Library, New York, 1963, archive.org, archive.org.
- P. A. D. MacCarthy. โThe Bernard Shaw Alphabet.โ Alphabets for English, edited by W. Haas, Manchester University Press, 1969, pp. 105โ117, openlibrary.org.
- Shavian. shavian.info.
- Noto Shavian. Google, github.com.